At what point does one realize that provocation and military exchanges with no real goal are not going to achieve anything? I blame all parties involved.

Apparently infinity is somewhere on the timeline. The U.S imposed an embargo on Cuba in 1960 (full embargo in 1962) to depose Fidel Castro. How has that worked out?! There is effectively no time in recorded history where an embargo has toppled a government and yet here we are 50 years later still expecting results.

All of this just confirms Einsteins definition of insanity - Trying the same thing over and over again but expecting a different result.